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Air Infiltration from Attached Garages in Canadian Houses

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Author(s)
Fugler Don
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Organization(s)
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation,
CMHC,
Environment Canada,
Health Canada,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
Description
Document reporting results from a study done to evaluate effects of automotive emissions from attached garages on the indoor environment.

Attached Garages and Indoor Air Quality

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Author(s)
Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre
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Organization(s)
AIVC
Description
Report describing information for builders and retrofitters about eliminating hazards and coincidental energy losses that come from attached garages.

Brick, Stucco, Housewrap and Building Paper, RR-0105

Publication Date
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Author(s)
Lstiburek Joseph W
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Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC
Description
Research study discussing how housewraps restrict or permit the passage of water molecules based on size, but cannot control the direction in which the water vapor molecules move.